Tarryl B. Hill
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Age: 19
From: Shelby Township, Mich.
Assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Mount Clemens, Mich.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Tarryl B. Hill died Feb. 7 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: February 07, 2007
Detroit-area Marine killed in Iraq wanted to be chemical engineer
By Kristin Longley
The Associated Press
DETROIT — A 19-year-old Marine from Macomb County who joined the military to become a chemical engineer has died in Iraq, relatives said Friday, Feb. 9.
Tarryl Hill was killed Feb. 7 when his vehicle rode over an improvised explosive device, said his aunt, Felicia Hill.
The Pentagon had not officially announced the Marine’s death as of Friday evening. Hill said military officials notified the family about 10 p.m. Feb. 7 that Tarryl Hill died instantly.
“He was one of the best of us,” Felicia Hill said, through tears. “It’s been really hard on all of us.”
Tarryl Hill, a 2005 graduate of Southfield-Lathrup High School in Lathrup Village, was raised by his grandparents in Shelby Township.
He joined the Marines to pay for college, where he wanted to study engineering, his aunt said. After...